Chapter 64 Return
Chu Lu had a headache at the moment.
There seems to be some secrets about this Cuihua, but the problem is how to unlock this secret but there is no way to start.
He opened the task interface of the chat group again and found that the task could now be confirmed to be completed.
So he thought to himself: That's all, let's do this for now.
He stood up to leave.
"Hey! Why did you leave?" Cuihua said in shock: "Let me out too!"
"No rush, just stay inside for a while." Chu Lu said.
"Why is this! We are fellow villagers!"
Chu Lu ignored Cuihua's cry. He returned to the Yangxin Hall and thought about it carefully to see if there was anything missing.
But after thinking about it, there seems to be no problem.
The Marquis of Zhenbei will definitely fail. It won't be long before he receives the news that the Marquis of Zhenbei is being imprisoned.
As for Liu Jinli, who was released together with the queen, he had already been arrested again.
"Yes. I shouldn't be needed here." Chu Lu nodded and said, "Xu Liniang, the matter is settled, it's almost time for me to go back."
"Thank you very much, Chu Lu." Xu Liniang thanked her sincerely, but then she asked: "But what should I do with that Cuihua?"
"It's up to you to decide." Chu Lu said, "It's up to you whether you want to provide her with good food and drink, or whether you want to torture her all day long."
Chu Lu thought that there was not much grudge between him and Cuihua, so he had no urge to do anything. Not to mention that he is basically an outsider in this matter. But Xu Liniang is different. All her sufferings in her previous life and her troubles in this life were all thanks to Cuihua. Therefore, it should be left to her to decide what to do with Cuihua.
"Of course." Chu Lu paused and said, "If possible, it would be best to keep her alive for the time being."
After all, Chu Lu was still very curious about her secrets.
Xu Liniang was silent for a while and said, "Okay, I will spare her life!"
"That's good." After Chu Lu finished speaking, he was about to click to confirm that he had completed the mission and returned. Halfway through his finger extension, he suddenly felt uneasy and stopped and said, "Wait a minute, you won't let her run away."
Xu Liniang: "??"
Xu Liniang: "She's already like that, how stupid can I be to let her run away!"
Chu Lu: "No, I'm still a little worried. You'd better kill her."
Xu Liniang: "I won't...well...what you said is not unreasonable."
Chu Lu: "Remember to be thorough and make sure you are dead."
"……good."
After finishing speaking, Chu Lu pressed confirm and chose to return to the main world.
A white light flashed before his eyes, and his body felt a strong sense of weightlessness.
And when all this disappeared, he opened his eyes and found that he was back in the luxurious mansion in Qingfeng Town.
This feels exactly the same as last time.
He opened the chat group and reported that he was safe.
Chu Lu: "I'm going back to my own world."
Hua Honglian: "Thank you for your hard work."
Luo Qingdie: "Thank you for your hard work."
Zhu Shanlin: "Thank you for your hard work."
Xu Liniang: "Thank you for your hard work."
Liu Ruyue: "Thank you for your hard work."
Chu Lu: "It's really hard. I hope the next mission can be...a little bit normal."
There were suddenly a bunch of ellipses in the chat group.
Hua Honglian: "I think it should be difficult and more abnormal, right?"
Luo Qingdie: "I can't imagine a more outrageous world."
Zhu Shanlin: "I think we have reached the limit of human beings. If we want to be more outrageous, we can only move in the direction of strange beasts. For example, the monster insect swarm, the love of snakes and so on?"
Liu Ruyue: "I kind of want to see it."
Xu Liniang: "???"
Xu Liniang: "I'm obviously very ordinary here, right?"
Upon seeing Xu Liniang's reply, everyone immediately shouted: "You are not ordinary, okay?!"
Xu Liniang: "..."
Chu Lu saw that this group of people was making a lot of noise, so he stopped participating.
He closed the chat group, stood up and stretched, then went back to his room to rest.
After returning, he felt all the accumulated stress and fatigue coming back.
Two days later, just when Chu Lu felt that he was almost rested and it was time to start practicing, Tie Zhanxiong and the others suddenly ran over in a hurry.
"Sir, great news, great news!" they said with excitement.
"What's wrong? What's the good news?" Chu Lu asked with a frown.
"Lingxiao Sword Sect has come to us to recruit disciples!" Tie Zhanxiong said in a voice that was almost like shouting.
Chu Lu was stunned when he heard this, and then his eyes widened: "What did you say?!"
No wonder Chu Lu was surprised, after all, the Lingxiao Sword Sect had such a great background.
The specific size can be understood by explaining the geographical distribution.
The Qingfeng Town where Chu Lu and the others were located was actually a small village under the name of the Jin Kingdom, covering an area of less than one millionth.
On the four sides of the Great Jin Kingdom are Yonghua Kingdom, Lan'an Kingdom, Ruize Kingdom, and Jinyang Kingdom. Beyond these four countries is the Endless Sea. Chu Lu doesn't know what is there.
Among these five countries, the Jin Kingdom is the strongest, almost equivalent to the combined national power of any two countries.
The Lingxiao Sword Sect ranks third among all sects in the Jin Kingdom.
Lingxiao Sword Sect coming to Qingfeng Town to recruit disciples is like coming to Tsinghua University and Peking University to select graduate students in Shangoogou, which has no roads.
"But why did the Lingxiao Sword Sect suddenly come to our remote mountainous area?" Chu Lu asked.
"I don't know, no one knows this. But who cares! Even if it's a trap, I will fight for it!" Tie Zhanxiong said with excitement: "What an opportunity! This is a chance to turn around! Can you escape? It’s all about getting out of this crappy place!”
Not only Tie Zhanxiong, but also several other heads had this expression. Even people like Taoist Wild Dog who had long been content with the status quo were red-eyed.
Chu Lu was not surprised, he knew the reason behind it.
It boils down to one word – resources.
To practice in this world, talent is only the most basic requirement, what really matters is resources.
No matter how high the talent is, if there are no good cultivation techniques and sufficient cultivation elixirs, then the talent cannot be realized and transformed into real cultivation.
If your cultivation level cannot be improved, your status will naturally not be improved either.
When Chu Lu was still his third senior brother in Qixuan Sect, he followed the master to Lingyun City to attend the birthday banquet of the head of the Ouyang family. At that time, they couldn't even enter the hall, and the gifts could only be handed over to the doorman, while the people were driven outside and ate on running water mats like the common people.
The leader was even mocked in front of his face by a twenty-year-old descendant of the Ouyang family for being a country bumpkin and trying to get some food. And the leader, who would kill his disciples and their whole families at every turn, had to laugh along with him honestly.
Why?
Because the youngster of the Ouyang family who is in his twenties is also in the foundation building stage.
Is this because the juniors of the Ouyang family are much more talented than the head?
Actually not. His talent is even less than that.
But he was born in the Ouyang family, and he had no worries about food or drink since he was a child. When he was ten years old, after his body's energy and blood reached the standard, he picked up the family-style exercises and practiced them. During this period, I took countless pills, and it took ten years to reach the peak of Qi refining. After taking another foundation-building pill, I naturally broke through.
The leader was already fifteen years old when he officially started to practice, and what he had learned was a rough and crude Kung Fu book written on the street. Without any elixirs to assist him, he could only practice hard.
Although it took ten years to reach the peak of Qi refining, it took a full fifteen years to break through this bottleneck.
This is the huge gap caused by lack of resources.
Not only the head of the Qixuan Sect, but also Tie Zhanxiong and the others. Why are they all stuck in the foundation building period? Are they not talented enough? no. The bottom line is that the existing resources simply do not support their move towards Golden Elixir.
Because of this, Chu Lu felt a little more excited.
Is the present of Tie Zhanxiong and the others not the future of Chu Lu?
If he keeps huddled in Qingfeng Town, he will encounter the same dilemma sooner or later.
Although he has a chat group where he can exchange unlimited foundation-building techniques, and even more advanced ones in the future, there is a huge risk in selling the techniques in exchange for resources.
Joining other organizations and honestly exchanging resources is obviously a more suitable way.
And this Lingxiao Sword Sect is many times stronger than the Ouyang family. If Chu Lu can take this opportunity to become a disciple of his sect, it might be possible to become a golden elixir within five or six years.
"Where are the people from Lingxiao Sword Sect? What are their criteria for selecting disciples? How many people do they plan to recruit?" Chu Lu asked.
"They are in Lingyun City." Tie Zhanxiong said: "After all, that place has the largest number of people. As for the criteria for selecting disciples and the number of people, we are still unclear. We asked Li Yifeng to inquire about it two days ago. Counting the days, we should almost be there today. Back."
"Okay, then we'll wait."
An hour later, Li Yifeng rushed back after a long journey.
The people waiting suddenly became energetic.
"How is it? How is it?" Tie Zhanxiong asked again and again: "Have you heard the news?"
"I heard about it! I heard about it!" Li Yifeng hurriedly drank water. He had been running all the way, running harder than a horse, and he was really tired.
"So how many disciples does Lingxiao Sword Sect accept? What is the standard?" Chu Lu asked.
"They will only accept one this time." Li Yifeng gasped.
Everyone looked at each other with concentration.
They were not surprised. After all, for such a large sect and in such a remote place, it was a blessing to have a disciple.
"What is the standard?" Chu Lu asked.
"Since it's the Lingxiao Sword Sect, shouldn't it choose a swordsman who is good at it?" Taoist Wild Dog said worriedly. After all, his swordsmanship is very average.
"No, Lingxiao Sword Sect will still be short of swordsmanship talents? He suddenly came here to recruit disciples this time, and it must be that he is very short of people in some aspects." Tie Zhanxiong analyzed: "Lingxiao Sword Sect is not only good at using swords, but also good at using swords. Being good at forging swords, I guess you want to select people who are good at forging, right?”
The Iron Fist Sect not only has great boxing skills, but also has some experience in forging, so he said this.
"No, none of them." Li Yifeng paused and said with a puzzled look on his face: "They want to choose someone with good calligraphy."
"ah?!"
Everyone was stunned.
"Calligraphy? Calligraphy!?" Tie Zhanxiong's eyes widened, "Are you farting! What does Lingxiao Sword Sect want to do with this?"
"It's absolutely true. I've confirmed it several times." Li Yifeng said, "They just want people with good calligraphy."
"This, this, this, this, this..."
Everyone present looked ashen, even Chu Lu was no exception.
They all come from poor backgrounds, and they have already exhausted their efforts in practicing martial arts and making a living. Who would be idle and bored to touch this kind of literati thing?
Even if Chu Lu was a college student in his previous life, how many modern students would specialize in practicing calligraphy?
"Alas! Alas! I have practiced a little calligraphy, but how could they appreciate my meager skills?" Tie Zhanxiong sighed: "This is fate, this is fate! I was born with a low life. Time to roll in the mud!"
After Tie Zhanxiong finished speaking, he stood up, lowered his head and left.
Taoist Wild Dog was also full of doubts: "It's inexplicable, it's simply inexplicable. Could this position be pre-determined? Or is it that the Lingxiao Sword Sect dislikes poverty and loves wealth, so it looks down on us casual cultivators from poor backgrounds? Alas!"
He also got up and left.
Li Yifeng knew early and had already calmed down, so after taking a breath, he saluted Chu Lu and left.
After Chu Lu was the only one left, he stopped pretending and sighed with regret.
Although not as strong as Tie Zhanxiong and others, he was also a little disappointed in his heart.
But now that it was over, he could only accept it silently.
Chu Lu got up and was about to go back to his room to practice.
"Wait a minute!" He suddenly remembered something.
He sat down suddenly again, opened the chat group, and came to the task interface. As expected, there was a pop-up window.
[The mission has been completed. 】
[Do you want to receive rewards? 】
"I'm so tired that I forgot about this." Chu Lu complained and nodded.
[Rewards have been distributed. 】
[Get a random skill pack. 】
"Random skill pack? Wait, could it be..." Hope surged in Chu Lu's heart. He opened the warehouse and clicked on the skill pack he obtained.
I saw a big carousel popping up in front of me, with a bunch of messy skills written on it. There are everything from cooking, writing, fishing to love and fraud, and below it is written whether to rotate or not.
After Chu Lu clicked yes, the arrow began to spin rapidly.
After about ten seconds, the arrow stopped and landed on the frame with calligraphy written on it.
[Congratulations on acquiring advanced calligraphy skills. 】
Chu Lu: "..."
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The next day, Tie Zhanxiong suddenly received an order that Chu Lu wanted to see him.
He arrived early with a puzzled look on his face, came to the study, opened the door and looked at it, and was stunned for a moment.
There are copybooks everywhere in the study, piles left and right, almost filling the room.
In the center of the study room, Chu Lu was writing quickly with his head buried in his head.
"Ahem, sir." Tie Zhanxiong coughed a few times.
Chu Lu finally came to his senses, looked up and said, "Ah, you're here."
"Sir, why did you personally summon me here..." Tie Zhanxiong looked around with a confused look on his face.
"Oh, I'm here for you to appraise it." Chu Lu pointed to the copybook on the table and said, "Didn't you say you have learned some calligraphy? Come and see how well I write."
"Ah?" Tie Zhanxiong was stunned for a moment, then he understood, thinking that Chu Lu was still determined to give up.
He came over to take a look and found that the wording was correct. He was surprised that Chu Lu seemed to have some basic skills.
But he couldn't tell more about it. Anyway, it felt similar to his teacher back then.
But Tie Zhanxiong thought that Chu Lu was not a disciple of a wealthy family. He could not learn from a young age. Even if he was really capable, he would not be as good as those Wuling youngsters in Lingyun City. How could he be favored by the Lingxiao Sword Sect? ?
However, Tie Zhanxiong is not a fool, and naturally he will not say it outright, which will make Chu Lu resentful.
Therefore, he said: "This old man has little talent and knowledge, and does not understand things very clearly. It is said that Master Zhang from Moliu Study Hall in Lingyun City is of high standard. You may wish to ask him for advice."
"Okay, it's better to choose a day than to hit the sun." Chu Lu said: "Then let's go today. You go with me."
"……yes."
(End of chapter)